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A transformative journey of healing and growth, with Spirit providing the engine and Mother Nature the fuel. Simon left his comfortable middle-class life and moved to the Irish Republic when an old girlfriend of his, who lived there on a smallholding with ducks, hens and goats, became very ill. Through stories of healing, mediumship, dowsing and shamanism, Spirited Nature traces the author's development and interaction with many different forms of spiritual energy and how he learned to live with equal comfort in the material and spiritual worlds.

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Simon s beautifully written tale is breathtakingly evocative of rural Irish life the sounds, smells, colors, pace, and bucolic atmosphere are lovingly summoned to vibrant life on the page. Yet this is no ordinary tale of pastoral living. It is Simon s shamanic encounters with Herne and other denizens of liminal realms, and the deceptive ease with which he walks between the worlds that makes this a remarkable account of a life-changing experience, one that forces us to question our own relationships with other beings and the very nature of reality. --Grahame Gardner, President of the British Society of Dowsers"

Wheeler shares the peeling away of layers of separation that have become part and parcel of humans entrapped in this technological world, and the connecting with the enspirited world around him. He connects with the creatures for whom he is guardian in a process of listening and working with them. Whether one identifies the book as spiritual or not, it is beautifully and colorfully written. The book is a good read from both regards: the story of his personal connection with the enspirited world; or as a wonderfully descriptive writing of rural Ireland. "Journal of Uncommon Thought"

Simon's story is rather like a fable with its accounts of animals and plants, mythical creatures and forces of nature - the moral lesson, if that's the appropriate phrase, being, in Simon's words, 'listen to what the universe is telling us'. He comes to accept feelings of being connected to place, animals and 'something other'. .. ' he concludes on an optimistic note endorsing the concept of holism, once a natural attribute of our ancestors in the ancient world, and today re-emerging in the embrace of a new spirituality. Geoff Wardallvoices.com

Simon Wheeler's book is an inspiration. It has staggering knowledge and vision. I feel as if every cell in my body has been profoundly affected. This magnificent book is full of mystery. I strongly urge everyone to read it. ~ Brian Blessed, actor, director, mountaineer, explorer, adventurer and author.

About the Author

Born in 1950, now retired as Headteacher of a school for children with Emotional, Behavioural and Social difficulties, Simon worked in England, Wales, the Irish Republic and southern California but now lives in North East Scotland.

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I bought this book as I spent some time in Ireland as a child and thought it would be different. This is not a spooky or weird book. It is a number of stories described in a loving and pragmatic way. I almost felt as though I was back in Ireland, which was lovely. There is a lightness of touch that takes you along with the writer on his journey. It made me smile, it made me think, the time whizzed by as I read- for me, all requisites of a “good read”. And that’s just what this book is.

Full of detail and very much admired Simons way in which he just went with the flow of life and his observation of all life. Well done. Hope to read more in this style in the not too distant future. Thank you Jan

I really enjoyed this book, so I gave it 5 stars.Reading Simon’s stories takes me back to my childhood in Wales. I am reminded of the smell and feel and sounds of farmland and woods. Also of being curled up indoors reading a good story – there is a comfortable feel to them somehow.These stories are reassuring reminders that things that aren’t ‘supposed’ to happen do happen, always have and always will; in the most matter of fact ways. I have no doubt I’ll be reading them again in a few months.

I have to declare an interest first. Simon is my second cousin. Our mothers are cousins. This is a well written account of his time living in rural Ireland. Despite some attractive pictures on his website however, the lifestyle does not appeal. It all seems a lot of effort and in bad weather it is clearly truly awful. The point of the book however is not to attract you to living in Ireland. Rather the intention is to open you up to the possibility of the esoteric (Simon does not like the term supernatural) in your life.We also share a great grandfather who was a business associate of Leicester Gataker who was a very successful water finder, or dowser. Although regarded as fringe now, when water finding was vital in places without piped water, Leicester Gataker was being employed well into the 20th Century by individuals, estates, companies and even Local Authorities to find it. He was paid well for doing so. It is a story that should be told properly. Our great grandfather could dowse as well and although airbrushed out of later accounts of his life, it was the foundation of his wealth. Simon believes that he has inherited these abilities and this book explains why he believes that.Our great grandfather also had an experience of Spiritualism - the account of which you can read on Simon’s website - but he never pursued this further and specifically disavowed any connection. In fact he put his considerable energies into a Congregational church, now a URC which remains an important focal point in our family life. Simon on the other hand has wholly embraced psychic experiences and recounts those here.In the final chapter - as on his website - Simon recommends exploring a smorgasbord of different faith and belief systems because no one has all the answers. My own view is that this is a dangerous thing to do. I am not convinced by Simon's assurances that you can disengage as easily as he suggests. My position remains settled in the church. We are nevertheless still great grandsons of the same great grandfather, in spite of, or more likely because of, the inherent contradictions in the man.

I had the pleasure of reading Simon's book for the Rewild Your Life Book Club, of which he is a member. I find the book to be a very pleasurable read. Simon's ability to vividly describe his experiences while living on a farm, held my attention where I found myself wanting to keep reading to see what happens next. I also appreciate how he showed me, through his own examples, how to utilize my own latent powers of intuition where I might cultivate a higher consciousness. He accomplished this by teaching me how to see my own body and spirit in a new way. Through examples such as his, I can move further towards my own physical wholeness and spiritual maturity that could change my life. What is amazing about it all is that Simon comes across as a truly humble and giving man when it comes to other people, as well as our nature family. Thank you Simon for showing me what I may yet become if I become in tune with my own personal power.

This is a wonderful book, bringing the reader in a gentle down to earth way into the realisation that subtle level contacts with beings of nature are normal everyday parts of our life. I loved the style of the book, which was like sitting and having a long chat with the author and fully enjoying his company. Simon offers a deeply ethical and pragmatic approach to issues that can be so difficult to address (such as the nature of Ego). I loved the picture of the Unknown beneath the stone in the field, and the need to just let it lie - a beautiful glimpse into the nature of the Mystery. This book is a great gift and I hope that many can read it.